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Camping, Hiking, Scouting Skills, Wild Camping

Highlands Hillwalking 2023

This October half term, Wild Wolf took 8 explorers to the hills of Scotland for the week. Read to find out about our expedition and adventures…

Camping, Hiking, Scouting Skills, Wild Camping

Expeditioning is a massive part of Scouting and Wild Wolf, usually consisting of hiking and wild camping while carrying all your gear on your back. Read on to find out about our most recent expedition in Eryri National Park, a sodden but joyful camp…

Summer Camp

Summer Camp 2023: Kander 100

This summer WWESU travelled to Switzerland for Kander 100, the centenary celebrations at Kandersteg International Scout Centre. We had an amazing time and lots of adventures – check out our video to see what we got up to…

Camping, Hiking, Wild Camping

West Highlands Hillwalking

For WWESU’s 2022 annual October Half Term Hillwalking Trip we returned to the great mountain ranges of Scotland, this time to Fort William and the West Highlands. Read on to find out what we got up to… Sunday Kicking off with an early 5am start outside Scout Park, our group of 8 Explorers and 2 […]

Events, Fireworks, Fundraising

Fireworks 2022

Thank you to all our friends and family who we invited to this years’ event for coming along and helping to support the unit. We hope that next year we can return to our full size event but for now, have a read about what we got up to! You can also check out our […]

Community, Events

Operation Feather

Following the death of HM The Queen, Patron of the Scout Association, nearly 200 Scouts aged 18-25 were called up to support the Lying-in-State. WWESU Leaders Carina and Ellie were chosen to help – read on to hear more.

Camping, DofE, Summer Camp

The WWESU Summer RoundUp

CHAMBOREE This Summer, WWESU headed to Cheshire for the Cheshire International Jamboree. Chamboree is a week long camp attended by scouts from around the world. A group of just under 50 Explorers huddled in the middle of the Scout park car park, bright and early during the summer holidays could only mean one thing, It […]

Camping, Hiking, Water Activities

Easter Camp 2022: Pembrokeshire

THURSDAY Bright and early on Thursday, the usual pre-camp prep begins at Scout Park. A system that has become very efficient over the years means we soon had wheels rolling after throwing bags into trailers, and hooking up canoe trailers to buses. The journey to the Welsh coast ended as we pulled into St Brides, […]

Camping, Hiking

Winter Camp 2022

FRIDAY Eagerly awaiting an exciting weekend, Explorers flooded into Scout Park on Friday afternoon ready to head off to the Peak District. After Lateral Flow tests, kit organisation and trailer packing, 3 minibuses rolled out of Scout Park, ready to hit the roads. Over 200km and 40 Burger King meals later, we arrived at Consall […]

Hiking, Scouting Skills

Scotland Highland Expedition

Led by our very own Mountain Leader, John, nine of our senior Explorers undertook an exhilarating five-day expedition to Scotland over the autumn half-term, with stunning landscapes, breathtaking views of the Highlands and some very damp kit by the end of it! Read on to find out how they got on. DAY 1 The trip […]